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Wallace Ford (12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American stage and screen actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-faced demeanor with a small but powerful, stocky physique.
Born Samuel Jones Grundy in Bolton, Lancashire, England, he spent his childhood in a Dr. Barnardo's home. At an early age he was adopted by a farmer from Manitoba, Canada, where he was ill treated. About age eleven, Ford ran away and did odd jobs, later becoming an usher in a theatre.
Following his discharge from the Army after WWI, he became a vaudeville actor in a stock company before performing on Broadway.
He started on a film career when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave him a part in the film Possessed (1931) and went on to appear in over 200 films, including 13 directed by John Ford.
Wallace Ford is buried in an unmarked grave in Culver City, California's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Known For
Harvey
(1950)
The Taxi Driver
Spellbound
(1945)
Hotel masher
Freaks
(1932)
Phroso
T-Men
(1947)
The Schemer
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Charley O'Leary
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Fred Saunders
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
McGee
Warlock
(1959)
Judge Holloway
The Informer
(1935)
Frankie McPhillip
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Charlie Hennessey
Black Angel
(1946)
Joe
A Patch of Blue
(1965)
Ole Pa
The Rainmaker
(1956)
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Wichita
(1955)
Arthur Whiteside
The Set-Up
(1949)
Gus
Destry
(1954)
Doc Curtis
Full Filmography
Acting
Married in Hollywood
(1929)
Mitzi's Fan (uncredited)
Possessed
(1931)
Al Manning
X Marks the Spot
(1931)
Ted Lloyd
The Beast of the City
(1932)
Det. Ed Fitzpatrick
The Wet Parade
(1932)
Jerry Tyler
Are You Listening?
(1932)
Larry Barnes
Hypnotized
(1932)
Bill Bogard
Skyscraper Souls
(1932)
Slim
Central Park
(1932)
Rick
Freaks
(1932)
Phroso
Employees' Entrance
(1933)
Martin West
Three-Cornered Moon
(1933)
Kenneth Rimplegar
Night of Terror
(1933)
Tom Hartley
Headline Shooter
(1933)
Mike
Goodbye Again
(1933)
Arthur Westlake
East of Fifth Avenue
(1933)
Vic Howard
My Woman
(1933)
Chick Rollins
The Big Cage
(1933)
Russ Penny
The Lost Patrol
(1934)
Morelli
Men in White
(1934)
Shorty
Money Means Nothing
(1934)
Kenneth 'Kenny' McKay
A Woman's Man
(1934)
Joe Flynn - Prizefighter
I Hate Women
(1934)
Scoop McGuire
The Hollywood Gad-About
(1934)
Self (uncredited)
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
(1934)
'Curly'
One Frightened Night
(1935)
Joe Luvalle
The Informer
(1935)
Frankie McPhillip
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
(1935)
Jason H. 'Jay' Barton
The Whole Town's Talking
(1935)
Healy
Mary Burns, Fugitive
(1935)
Harper
The Nut Farm
(1935)
Willie Barton
Get That Man
(1935)
Jack Kirkland / John Prescott
Another Face
(1935)
Joe Haynes, Press Agent
She Couldn't Take It
(1935)
"Fingers" Boston
In Spite of Danger
(1935)
Bob Crane
Swellhead
(1935)
Terry McCall
The Rogues' Tavern
(1936)
Jimmy Kelly
Two in the Dark
(1936)
Harry Hilyer
Absolute Quiet
(1936)
Jack
A Son Comes Home
(1936)
Steve
Exiled to Shanghai
(1937)
Ted Young
O.H.M.S.
(1937)
Jimmy Tracy
Jericho
(1937)
Mike Clancy
Swing It, Sailor!
(1938)
Pete Kelly
The Marines Come Thru
(1938)
Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Stardust
(1938)
Peter Jackson
Back Door to Heaven
(1939)
Frankie Rogers
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Babe Jenson
Isle Of Destiny
(1940)
Millard Barnes
Give Us Wings
(1940)
Mr. York
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
(1940)
Joe Redmond
Scatterbrain
(1940)
Sam Maxwell
Two Girls on Broadway
(1940)
Jed Marlowe
Blues in the Night
(1941)
Brad Ames (as Wally Ford)
A Man Betrayed
(1941)
Casey ('Globe' newspaper reporter)
Murder by Invitation
(1941)
Bob White
Roar of the Press
(1941)
Wally Williams
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Babe Hanson
All Through the Night
(1942)
Spats Hunter
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Wally Collins
Inside the Law
(1942)
Billy
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Fred Saunders
The Ape Man
(1943)
Jeff Carter
The Cross of Lorraine
(1943)
Pierre
Secret Command
(1944)
Miller
Machine Gun Mama
(1944)
John O'Reilly
Spellbound
(1945)
Hotel masher
The Great John L.
(1945)
McManus
Blood on the Sun
(1945)
Ollie Miller
On Stage Everybody
(1945)
Emmett Rogers
Black Angel
(1946)
Joe
Crack-Up
(1946)
Lt. Cochrane
The Green Years
(1946)
Jamie Nigg
Lover Come Back
(1946)
Tubbs
Rendezvous with Annie
(1946)
Al Morgan
A Guy Could Change
(1946)
Bill Conley
Dead Reckoning
(1947)
McGee
T-Men
(1947)
The Schemer
Magic Town
(1947)
Lou Dicketts
Coroner Creek
(1948)
Andy West
Shed No Tears
(1948)
Sam Grover
The Man from Texas
(1948)
Jed
Embraceable You
(1948)
Police Lt. Ferria
Belle Starr's Daughter
(1948)
Lafe Bailey
The Set-Up
(1949)
Gus
Red Stallion In The Rockies
(1949)
'Talky' Carson
The Furies
(1950)
Scotty Hyslip
The Breaking Point
(1950)
F.R. Duncan
Dakota Lil
(1950)
Carter
Harvey
(1950)
The Taxi Driver
He Ran All the Way
(1951)
Fred Dobbs
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
(1951)
Sam Parks
Warpath
(1951)
Pvt. 'Irish' Potts
Flesh and Fury
(1952)
Jack 'Pop' Richardson
Rodeo
(1952)
Barbecue Jones
The Nebraskan
(1953)
'Mac' McBride
The Great Jesse James Raid
(1953)
Elias Hobbs
3 Ring Circus
(1954)
Sam Morley
Destry
(1954)
Doc Curtis
She Couldn't Say No
(1954)
Joe Wheelen
The Boy from Oklahoma
(1954)
Walter "Wally" Higgins
A Lawless Street
(1955)
Dr. Amos Wynn
The Man from Laramie
(1955)
Charley O'Leary
Wichita
(1955)
Arthur Whiteside
Lucy Gallant
(1955)
Gus Basserman
The Spoilers
(1955)
Flapjack Simms
Johnny Concho
(1956)
Albert Dark
Thunder Over Arizona
(1956)
Stiles
The First Texan
(1956)
Henry Delaney
Stagecoach To Fury
(1956)
Judge Lester Farrell
The Rainmaker
(1956)
Sheriff Howard Thomas
The Maverick Queen
(1956)
Jamie
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Charlie Hennessey
Twilight for the Gods
(1958)
Old Brown
The Matchmaker
(1958)
Malachi Stack
Warlock
(1959)
Judge Holloway
Tess of the Storm Country
(1960)
Fred Thorson
Bristle Face
(1964)
Emory Packer
A Patch of Blue
(1965)
Ole Pa
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(2008)
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)